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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Logan County,
Ohio
BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits) |
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JOHN
KAUTZMAN, Sr., was born in Lancaster Co., Penn.,
on the 15th day of May, 1782, of German parentage; while
young, he removed to Franklin Co., where, at the age of
23, he was married to May Cook. In the fall
of 1812, moved to Shenandoah Co., Va.; he owned the mill
on Cedar Creek, which was burned by Gen. Sheridan's
troops during the rebellion. In 1814, he moved
to Augusta Co., where he lived until the fall of 1845,
when he moved to Logan Co., Ohio, and settled upon the
land he purchased before leaving Virginia, what is known
as the Gravelly Spring. He died May 17, 1874, at
the age of 94 years and 2 days. His wife died on
the 7th day of the February preceding, at the age of 92
years and 2 days. There were born to them five
sons and three daughters, one girl dying at the age of
three years. Daniel enlisted in Co. H, 96th
O. V. I., and died at Vicksburg. Barney
Kautzman died on the farm upon which his father
settled June 4, 1872, aged 42 years. George
Kautzman is living in Guthrie Co., Iowa. One
girl is living in Montrose, in Henry Co.; Morora,
John and Peter are living in Rushsylvania;
Anna is living about two miles east of Rushsylvania.
John and Peter have both filled many
positions of trust in civil and military life.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 694) |
J.
C. KAYLOR, farmer; P. O. Huntsville; was born
Dec. 1, 1842, in Logan Co., Ohio. His father, John
Kaylor, came to this county from Virginia in 1823, and
settled in Harrison Tp. His mother was Miss Kesiah
Tracy of this county. J. C. Kaylor spent his
boyhood in this county and married Miss Adeline
Baughman, also of this county, Nov. 25, 1869; they have
three children. Mr. Kaylor owns 72 acres of land,
and is one of the best farmers in this township.
He is a successful breeder of horses being the owner of
a French Percheron; he is a member of Co. C, 132d Ohio
Vol. and went with that regiment to Petersburg, Norfolk
and other points of Virginia; he has been a Republican
from his boyhood, having cast his vote for Abraham
Lincoln in 1864.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 735) |
ABRAHAM
KEARNS, farmer; P. O., Huntsville; was born in
Licking Co., 1832 and moved with his parents to
Washington Tp., the same year. Michael Kearns, his
father, was born in Virginia, and emigrated to Licking
Co. in 1830, where he lived till the Indians left
Washington Twp., when he came and settled here.
Abraham was raised here, and married Miss R. E. Logan in
1858. They have five children - Walter N., Alferetta F., Mary E., Emma, Katie N. Mr. Kearns
has resided on the place he now owns since his marriage,
and by hard work and good management has acquired a
goodly portion of this world's goods, and has been
Township Supervisor; owns and runs a first-class steam
thresher, and is considered the "boss" in that line in
his neighborhood; he is a Democrat.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 735) |
Richland
Twp. -
ALEXANDER KING, farmer; P. O., New
Richland; is among the early pioneers of this township,
who have seen the heavy forests replaced with beautiful
and valuable farms, and has taken an active part in the
growth and development of this county; he was born in
Cumberland Co., Pa., Oct. 14, 1798; his father, James
King was a native of Ireland, and there married
Nancy Gass; they soon after emigrated to this
country and lived in Pennsylvania until 1810, when they
came to this State; they lived in Trumbull Co. Seven
years, and ever after in Licking Co.; his father was a
wheelwright by trade and made it has chief occupation,
although he owned a farm. Alexander learned
the trade with his father, and commenced doing for
himself a short time before marriage; this occurred Mar.
24, 1824, her name being Margaret Fulton; in 1829
he moved to this county and settled on the farm on which
he now lives; the only improvements were a log-cabin and
a few acres of partly-cleared land; he worked at his
trade five years after coming here, and has since been a
farmer; he now owns nearly 300 acres of land in this
township and has valuable property in the far west; his
wife died July 29, 1833, leaving three children -
Nancy G., Sarah L., and Margaret G., Sarah L.,
and Margaret G. April 6, 1836, he
united his fortunes with those of Mary, daughter
of William and Mary Johnston; she was born April
26, 1808, and his borne him seven children - James
Martha J., Mary E., William, Lovina, Marion A. and
Benjamin L. The eldest was killed in Utah,
where he was employed on the railroad. His wife
and daughters are members of the United Presbyterian
Church; he has been a Republican since the organization
of that party.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 804) |
Union
Twp. -
REV. JOHN P. KING, retired farmer
and minister; P. O., West Liberty; was born Jan. 29,
1827, in Mifflin Co., Penn.; he is of a family of seven
children - four boys and three girls; their mother died
when Mr. King was 3 years old; but he remained on
the farm, at home, until the last parental tie was
severed by death, Jan. 5, 1847. Immediately after
his father's death (in 1847) he hired out to do farm
work in their own neighborhood; here he remained for a
year or more, when he conceived the idea that the
chances, for a young man of industrious habits and no
means, were much better, in the less populous West, than
they were in his native place. With a
determination to succeed, he turned his back on all that
was dear to him, in youth, and set out for this State
arriving in Logan Co., Mar. 2, 1849, a poor, but, sober
and industrious young man. He has resided in this
county ever since, with the exception of a short time
spent in Champaign Co. His marriage was celebrated
with Rebecca Troyer, Oct. 28, 1850; (she was born
Sept. 28, 1830 in Holmes Co., O., and came with her
father's family to Champaign Co., in 1849). They
have six children - Levi T. Christian M., John J.,
Lydia E., Ezra and Rebecca; they are all
married except Ezra and Rebecca, who
reside with their parents, and on whom the farm duties
devolve. Mr. King was ordained as an Ormish
Mennonite minister, in Champaign Co., this State, in
1859, and in 1872, he was advanced by the church and
given special charge over the Ormish Mennonite
Congregation, whose church is about one mile north of
West Liberty. According to the tenets of their
faith, ministers are not clothed with the power to
administer the ordinances of their church when ordained,
until they have been considered worthy of advancement,
when special power is conferred by a conference of
Bishops. In 1872 such power was conferred on
Mr. King, since which time he has traveled
extensively in connection with the interests of the
church; his circuit embracing the states of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
and Kansas. He has assisted in the organization of
many congregations; and is frequently summoned to
perform the various ordinances of the church in the
above named states. To those best acquainted with
Mr. King, is best known his moral worth, both as
citizen and minister, who began his career here, as a
poor hired boy; now we find him enjoying the confidence
and respect of those with whom he has done business for
a space of over thirty years, as well as the fruits of
his own industry. He owns a farm of 80 acres, well
improved, to which he moved, about four years ago, after
having sold his original home of 117 acres for $110.64
per acre, situated four miles south of Bellefontaine.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 789) |
A.
J. KNIGHT, farmer; P. O. Huntsville; was born in
Virginia, Aug. 8, 1832, and came to Ohio with his
parents at an early age, and settled in Logan Co., in
1845. A. J. Knight and Miss Mary Strickland,
daughter of George Strickland (whose biography appears
in another part or this work), were married Nov. 3,
1859; they have six children - George W., William T.,
Sarah E., Laura M., Eliza G. and Pearl I.; both of the
latter died in infancy. Mr. Knight volunteered at
his country's call, and was assigned to Co. E, 132d O.
V. I. Is a thorough-going, wide-awake farmer; was
reared by a Jackson Democrat, and still sticks to the
faith. Mr. and Mrs. Knight are both members of the
Evangelical Church, at Huntsville.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 736) |
M.
A. KOOGLER, M. D. (Miami Twp.), physician;
DeGraff. M. A. Koogler was born in Green
Co., O., Feb. 22, 1848. His father, Matthias
Koogler, was a carpenter by trade, and a native of
Green Co., while his mother was a native of Virginia;
their progenitors were Germans. When his father
moved to Logan Co., which was in 1851, he settled on a
farm in Miami Tp.; it was on this farm that Dr.
Koogler passed his youth, until 18 years of age,
when he came to DeGraff to attend school. We next
find him in the Ohio Weslyan University at Delaware
where he remained but a short time, going from thence to
Wittemburg College. He located at Springfield,
Ohio, where he remained two years. In 1871 he
commenced the study of medicine under Dr. J. A. Brown,
of DeGraff, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College
at Philadelphia in 1874. After graduation he
immediately located in DeGraff, and has rapidly
developed a fine practice, holding at the present time
an enviable place, in the estimation of the public, as a
medical practitioner. In 1873 Dr. Koogler
married Miss Clara V. Lippincott, of DeGraff.
A fact connected with the Doctor's life we neglected to
mention - he was a soldier in the late war - a faet
which one may well remember with pride; he was only 16
years of age when, in 1864, he ran away to enlist;
though it was but for a hundred day service in the 132nd
O. N. G., he yet saw considerable active service; the
regiment was first ordered to Washington, Arlington
Heights, Bermuda Hundred; thence in the operations on
James River, around Petersburg and Richmond; thence to
an intrenched camp near Norfolk.
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits ~ Page 778) |
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